G Love and Special Sauce
NewMusicForOldFolks says …
I saw G Love and Special Sauce open for Joan Osborne in about 1995 in Reno, Nev., and I must say that I was not all that impressed. I realize now that might say more about me (at least 1995 me) than it says about G Love (at least 1995 G Love). He seemed to me to be trying too hard to be trendy with a mix of folk music and rap that didn't seem to be very good examples of either. Well, he's figured it out (or maybe I just get it now). Going back and listening to his first album now it still seems a little scattered, but you can see the roots there of what he's doing now. And what he's doing now is very good. Take a listen to Love Saves The Day, his most recent release. It's excellent.
Artist's Info
Website: philadelphonic.com
See them live: Tour dates
Record company: ATO Records
Genre: Rock ’n Roll, Roots (with a little hip-hop)
If you like this, look into: Ozomatli, Calexico, Ben Harper
Bio (From Wikipedia.com)
Garrett "G Love" Dutton, the son of a banking lawyer, was born in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, and began playing guitar at age 8. He wrote his first song by the time he was in the 9th grade and began playing harmonica in a wire rack. Dutton credits Bob Dylan and John Hammond Jr., as well as the then-contemporary "old school" hip-hop sounds of Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, and Philadelphia's own Schoolly D, as influences. Dutton, who attended high school at the private Germantown Friends School, began playing solo on the streets of Philadelphia. After one year at Skidmore College, Dutton dropped out and relocated to Boston, working as a fundraiser for Peace Action and playing wherever and whenever he could. One of his few indoor gigs at this time was a Boston bar called The Tam O'Shanter, where he met drummer Jeffrey "The Houseman" Clemens in January 1993. Dutton and Clemens began working as a duo, they were joined a few months later by bassist Jim "Jimi Jazz" Prescott and became the house band on Mondays at The Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Mass. (more)
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Recordings
Most Recent
LOVE SAVES THE DAY (2015): For his 10th studio album, G. Love invited friends to help him create Love Saves The Day. The album features guest artists Lucinda Williams, Citizen Cope, David Hildago of Los Lobos, Ozomatli, DJ Logic, Money Mark, Zach Gill and Adam Topol. Producer Robert Carranza (Jack Johnson, Beastie Boys) recorded the group live to capture the raw electricity of the tracks. A self-described road dog, G. Love and Special Sauce are currently on tour throughout the fall dates for a winter/spring 2016 tour in support of Love Saves The Day will be announced soon. See the newmusicforoldfolks.com review
Others
G. Love and Special Sauce (1994)
Coast to Coast Motel (1995)
Yeah, It's That Easy (1997)
Philadelphonic (1999)
Electric Mile (2001)
The Hustle (2004)
Lemonade (2006)
Fixin' To Die (2011)
Superhero Brother (2008)
Sugar (2014)
